Shirley Turner

“And a mother without children is not a mother at all, and if I am not a mother, than I am nothing. Nothing. I am like sugar dissolved in a glass of water. Or, I am like salt, which disappears when you cook with it. I am salt. Without my children, I cease to exist.”
― Thrity Umrigar, The Space Between Us

“We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right. The challenge is figuring out which is which.”
― Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts

“There's no bitch on earth like a mother frightened for her kids.”
― Stephen King

“Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.”
― Erol Ozan